Kazuto Sakata

Kazuto Sakata
Kazuto Sakata at the 1994 Japanese GP
Nationality	Japanese
Motorcycle racing career statistics Grand Prix motorcycle racing Active years 1991 - 1999 First race 1991 125cc Japanese Grand Prix Last race 1999 125cc Argentine Grand Prix First win 1993 125cc Spanish Grand Prix Last win 1998 125cc British Grand Prix Team(s) Honda, Aprilia Championships 125cc - 1994, 1998 Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 126 11 41 29 19 687

Kazuto Sakata (坂田 和人^?, born August 15, 1966 in Kōtō, Tokyo) is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He was a two-time 125cc world champion.

Sakata began his Grand Prix career in 1991 and by the 1993 season, finished second to Dirk Raudies in the 125cc class on a Honda. In 1994, he became the first Japanese rider to race for a European factory when he signed with the Aprilia factory. He repaid them by winning the 125cc championship that year. He repeated as champion in 1998 after a tight points battle with Tomomi Manako and Marco Melandri. He retired after the 1999 season.

() (Races in bold indicate pole position)